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When the University of Hartford was incorporated just over 50 years ago by business and community leaders, they envisioned a center of education and culture for Greater Hartford. At its core, it would be a university for the community created by the community.

The University has come a long way since its humble beginnings on Hartford’s last remaining farm, evolving from a local school for commuters into a comprehensive university that attracts students from throughout the world. Yet it remains true to its original mission of serving as a valued resource for individuals, families, businesses, and communities throughout the Hartford region, offering hundreds of programs that serve the University and its neighbors every day. For over 45 years listener supported WWUH has served an important role in the University's community service mission.

Beyond the Classroom

Join host, David Schonfeld every Thursday at 12 noon (repeated at 7:30 p.m.) for Beyond the Classroom, a new half-hour program produced locally by WWUH Radio. In this weekly series, David will talk with members of the faculty or staff of the University of Hartford about their wide-ranging research activities and about their work on behalf of the University and the community-at-large.

This new WWUH series began on September 5, 2013. To hear any of these programs again, visit the University's Radio Show Podcasts page.

Theme music for Beyond the Classroom is from the song “Arrogant Ignorance,” composed by jazz pianist and Hartt graduate, Paul Philippone. The piece is performed by a Hartt School ensemble of Mike Casey (alto sax), Taber Gable (electric piano), Mike Pallas (trombone), Paul Philippone (drums), Andrew Renfro (guitar), and Alex Tremblay (bass).

Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture; Director of the CT Space Grant Consortium; Assistant Director of the Clean Energy Institute

Mary Botticelli Christensen, assistant professor of education and director of the University's Educational Main Street program, EMS 2.0 (through which dozens of University students volunteer as classroom tutors and mentors to schoolchildren in Hartford and Bloomfield), on the value of bringing college age students into an elementary or middle school classroom in urban settings to help those students visualize a path to college. Details...

Susan Coleman, professor of finance, Barney School of Business and author of a new book on financing strategies for women-owned firms, on small business issues. Details...

Michael Crosbie, chair of the department of architecture in the College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture, on the statements that architects make in the buildings that they design for public (particularly religious) spaces. Details...

Robert H. Davis, Hartt theater professor who had a lead role in Hartford Stage's "Christmas Carol", on Hartt's theater program. Details...

Roger Desmond, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences, on the future of newspapers and journalism in the digital age.

Ashley "Woody" Doane, associate professor of sociology and the author of several books on institutional racism and race relations, on racism, and on "whiteness" studies. Details...

Tom Filburn, professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture and director of the CT Space Grant Consortium, on nuclear power plant construction, operation, and safety issues. Details...

Warren Goldstein, chair of the history department in the College of Arts & Sciences, on Martin Luther King, Rev. William Sloane Coffin, and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Details...

Jacob Harney, associate professor of biology and director of the neuroscience program in the College of Arts Science, on stem cell research and its impact on the treatments for diabetes.

David Isgur, director of Media Relations on the University's structure and strengths and the need for a proactive media initiative. Details...

Lynne Kelly is director of the School of Communication and expert on shyness and public speaking issues, on the impact of smartphones on interpersonal communications among young people. Details...

John Kniering, director of Career Services in the University's Office of Student Life, on trends in the job market for soon-to-be graduates. Details...

Mala Matacin, associate professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Science, on her work with young women on the issues of female body image and society. (Mala will be joined by undergraduate Nikole Jewell.) Details...

Ivana Milanovic, professor of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture, on her specialty in fluid mechanics and turbo mechanics, which has led her to work with NASA on some projects and also given her students the opportunity to work with NASA engineers.

John Nordyke, professor of Visual Communication Design, on the Hartford Art School and his own work. Details...

Claudia Oakes, assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Nursing in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions. Oakes's research interests relate to senior housing. She is researching the effect of home modifications on older adults' perceptions of safety and on their ability to age in place.

Beth Parker, assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Nursing in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, on the benefits of running; and on recent studies to determine the effects of sustained endurance exercise on blood clot risk, markers of cardiovascular injury and stress, and the effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs on these biomarkers.

Avinoam Patt, assistant professor of modern Jewish history in the College of Arts and Sciences, on the University's new Holocaust and Genocide Education Initiative and the issues involved in how a society recovers from a genocide. Details...

J. Lee Peters, University vice president for student affairs, and Susan Fitzgerald, senior advisor to the president and associate secretary of the University, co-authors of "The Everything College Survival Book: All You Need to Get the Most Out of College Life." Details...

David Pines, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, on providing clean drinking water to a village in India and designing threshing machines for use by Kenyan villages; and upcoming plans to take students to Germany to study alternative energy projects. Details...

John Ramsey, general manager of the University of Hartford's FM station WWUH, and webmaster of HartfordRadioHistory.com, on the history of WWUH and of radio in Hartford. Details...

Paul Siegel, professor of communication, and board member of the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, on communication law and gay rights issues.

Humphrey Tonkin, former president of the University of Hartford, world authority on the international language of Esperanto and linguistics, and expert on Shakespeare. Details...

Otto Wahl, professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, on the stigma that surrounds mental illness and how that hinders people in getting the treatments that they need. Details...

Michael Wininger, assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions; and director of the Rehabilitation Computronics Laboratory in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, which focuses on bio-instrumentation, performance measures, and assistive devices.